Watlington Climate Action Plan: What is our carbon Footprint?
In my last two articles, I explored the science which links Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, how that affects global temperatures and...
April - Green Plan Update
A good hedgerow is much more than the sum of its parts; it is an entire sustainable ecosystem. That also very much describes the Watlington
High Sheriff's Climate Action Heroes Awards.
High Sheriff - Climate Action Heroes Awards Ceremony 21st February 2022 Held at The Oxford Trust, Stansfeld Park, Quarry Road,...
Can we get to “Net Zero” in Watlington?
In December Watlington Parish Council agreed a Climate Action Plan which commits the council to work to achieve “Net-zero Carbon Dioxide...
The Importance of being Imperfect
Everyone can make a difference to their impact on the planet, and there are many ways to achieve this, but the mix of things will be...
Green Plan Update: January 2022
WATLINGTON’S HEDGEROW PROJECT What a morning it was on the 11 December! About 25 volunteers bearing spades gathered in West Meadow to...
What is the shape of your footprint?
Everyone’s environmental footprint is different, but what shape is yours and what shape would you like it to be? 1. First mark on...
Looking forward to the Christmas Tree Festival!
WCAG is joining organisations across Watlington in creating a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Leonards Church. The...
Sharing Pigments
"Sharing Pigments" is a short film which documents the project to collect pigments from trees around Oxfordshire, representing the...
Live Well For The Planet
It was I believe, following the brilliant success of the film our very own Nicola Schafer produced on Hedgerows that I suggested perhaps...
Up The Ask
Chris Packham talks to Philip Lymbery at the Peter Roberts Compassion in Farming Lecture On Sunday 7th November I had the pleasure of...
COP-26 - More broken promises, or real change
What to expect from COP-26? COP-26: humanity’s last hope to avert climate catastrophe? Muddling bureaucracy, baffling policies and...
Watlington Hedgehog Highway Scheme
At the Green Plan Art Trail on August Bank Holiday weekend, WCAG launched a Hedgehog Highway Scheme – a project to try and get as many...
GREEN PLAN : Tree Foster Care Scheme
One of the drivers for the Watlington Climate Action Group and the Green Plan is to increase tree cover in the parish to improve...
To our amazing Green Plan Art Trail volunteers.
Thank you so much for helping make the Green Plan Art Trail a reality! Our ambitious plan could not have happened without you. There were...
"From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action"
"From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action" is an art exhibition by some of the community action groups that make up the...
Green Plan Update August 2021
Celebrating Grasslands This summer seems to be exceptional for wildflowers which in turn attract a range of pollinators from bumblebees...
Watlington Library Summer Reading Challenge
A collaboration between Watlington Library and the Green Plan Art Trail, this list features children's books about the different habitats...
Introducing the Marlbrook meadow project
The Marlbrook Estate is blessed with large open spaces, green verges and a superb community spirit. There is scope to allow areas around...
Watlington Green Plan Art Trail
August Bank Holiday Weekend Watlington Climate Action Group is proud to be collaborating with Watlington Artists to create a Green Plan...